Let the journey begin

Day of departure-
Laina and I stayed at my brother's in mt. Juliet last night before flying out of Nashville. Tornado warnings at 2 am woke the house. As we all watched the severe weather map updates,I ask Michael where we are located on the map. He says " oh we're right here" and points to the epicenter of the red mass on the screen. (Red equals tornado watch) "We ain't got no basement", he says and we all laugh like idiots and return to bed.
The number 4. ( that's the collective number of hours Laina and I slept last night). Flight check in went smoothly. No orifices checked which is always a plus.

Nashville to Bangkok
Of course, our first flight is delayed on the runway. I'm cursed to always to sit next to the guy that wants to talk the entire flight. The flight arrived at 11:35(our next flight started boarding ten minutes prior). We booked it to the train and jogged to the next gate to arrive just prior to departure. We were surprised to see a man on crutches keeping up with us to make the flight as well. So we started the 14.5 hour flight to Tokyo out of breath, hearts racing, and both of us having to pee. I sat next to a Japanese woman who spoke very little English and of what she did was made harder to decipher by the face mask that she was wearing. The flight was fairly pain free probably because of the 2 Valium I took.  With 3 hours left, the sleeping Asian woman next to me put her arm on my inner thigh.  I died laughing and put her arm back on her seat without waking her. We arrived at Tokyo exhausted and confused as it was 3pm there and now 2am at home.  We spent 7 US dollars at McDonald's on a coke and large fry( holy s**t). Only 6 hours from Tokyo to bangkok and this time without the Japanese neighbor sans boundaries. 25 hours later we have arrived.
-P

Trip prep

We're getting more asian by the second in anticipation for our trip to Bangkok.

We toast to the last of our live typhoid vaccine. Really not too bad if you're not opposed to stomach pains and the occasional loss of bowel control. Just like taco bell.